DEUTERONOMY

from δέυτερος, second , and νομὸς, law ; the last book of the Pent a teuch or five books of Moses. As its name imports, it contains a repetition of the civil and moral law, which was a second time delivered by Moses, with some additions and explanations, as well to impre it more forcibly upon the Israeli tes in general, as in particular for the benefit of those who, being born in the wilderne , were not present at the first promulgation of the law. It contains also a recapitulation of the several events which had befallen the Israeli tes since their departure from Egypt, with severe reproaches for their past misconduct, and earnest exhortations to future obedience. The Me iah is explicitly foretold in this book; and there are many remarkable predictions interspersed in it, particularly in the twenty-eighth, thirtieth, thirty-second, and thirty-third chapters, relative to the future condition of the Jews. The book of Deuteronomy finishes with an account of the death of Moses, which is supposed to have been added by his succe or, Joshua.